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June 10, 2019
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PRESIDENT AND CEO GRAND CENTRAL PARTNERSHIP
SURROGATE RICHMOND COUNTY SURROGATE’S COURT
CEO CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF STATEN ISLAND
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE STATEN ISLAND FOUNDATION
AS ONE of just
MATTHEW TITONE
AS HEAD of Catholic
BETSY DUBOVSKY
ALFRED CERULLO
MATTHEW TITONE
VINCENT IGNIZIO
BETSY DUBOVSKY
three New York City Planning Commission members to vote against the city’s Bay Street rezoning plan, Alfred Cerullo slammed city agencies for not investing in sewer systems or addressing potential traffic jams. “In a perfect world, we would start all over, not unlike my other favorite community, greater East Midtown,” Cerullo told the commission, according to the Staten Island Advance. The Grand Central Partnership completed that rezoning project in 2017.
THE NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL’S minority leader is one of only three Republicans in the chamber, but he’s making his presence known. In April, Steven Matteo helped allocate $11.22 million for a citywide effort to clean litter and debris and opposed a ban on pre-hire marijuana tests for job applicants and a 5-cent fee on paper bags. He applauded the start of long-awaited baseball field and basketball court renovations at Gen. Douglas MacArthur Park.
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STATEN ISLAND DEPUTY BOROUGH PRESIDENT
FOUNDING PARTNERS PITTA, BISHOP & DEL GIORNO
PRESIDENT AND CEO PROJECT HOSPITALITY
PRESIDENT AND CEO STATEN ISLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP.
FORMER STATEN ISLAND BOROUGH PRESIDENT
EDWARD BURKE
EDWARD BURKE
(not to be confused with the Chicago alderman facing corruption charges) has been a fixture in Staten Island’s St. George neighborhood since 1990. Burke, who has served in his current role since 2006, told the Staten Island Advance that his favorite part of the job has been working on parks, schools and cultural projects. “If anything, I would run from public office,” he told the Advance when asked about his political aspirations.
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STEVEN MATTEO
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL MINORITY LEADER
VINCENT PITTA & JON DEL GIORNO
IF YOU HAVE business before New York City, there’s no one better to call than Vincent Pitta and Jon Del Giorno. Pitta has repped the International Brotherhood of Teamsters as well as countless clients in the sports and entertainment, real estate, transportation and manufacturing industries. Del Giorno focuses on campaign finance and election compliance, and is the New York City chapter chairman of the New York League of Conservation Voters.
gambled by leaving his safe Assembly seat to run in the boroughwide race for surrogate last year. Despite losing the Staten Island Democratic Party endorsement, he outlasted his primary opponent, Anthony Catalano, to take on South Shore Republican Ron Castorina. It was a nasty race, and Titone edged his rival by fewer than 2,000 votes. Perhaps that’s why more than 400 people came to his inauguration ceremony in January.
TERRY TROIA
TERRY TROIA, an or-
dained minister, leads Project Hospitality’s programs serving the borough’s hungry and homeless residents as well as those with HIV and AIDS. She recently held a gala to benefit the charity’s shelter and partnered with more than 100 restaurants on the “Dine Out Against Hunger” fundraising event. Along with other borough leaders, Troia is working to reframe the conversation around opioid addiction.
Charities of Staten Island, the former South Shore councilman has led the organization’s efforts to combat homelessness and opioid addiction. Catholic Charities took over a recovery center last spring, fielding 700 calls in the first two months of operation, Vincent Ignizio told Catholic New York. But Ignizio took heat from his successor on the New York City Council for working with the city to bring a new homeless shelter to Staten Island.
CESAR CLARO
CESAR CLARO has
been thinking about Staten Island’s transportation woes for a long time. Last year, he announced plans to create a nonprofit transit think tank to study the issue – a plan inspired by recent trips to Seattle and Portland. Last month, he unveiled plans for a gondola lift that would connect commuters to the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail in Bayonne for $4 to $6 a ride, at a cost of $168 million.
has headed The Staten Island Foundation for more than 20 years, managing the nonprofit’s $74.6 million endowment and $5.8 million in grants focusing on education, the arts and health care for Staten Island’s children. One grant enabled Sundog Theatre to help 700 students at 10 schools improve their reading ability, and another funded a study spotlighting high rates of infant mortality, domestic violence and child abuse on the North Shore.
JAMES MOLINARO
THE FORMER
borough president and Conservative Party leader is one of the few politicians who isn’t trying to get back into elected office. Nevertheless, Molinaro’s endorsement in a competitive congressional primary will carry weight with voters, even if he couldn’t secure a primary win for Anthony Catalano. In the meantime, the Pitta & Baione senior adviser is supporting the St. George Theatre and the Community Agency for Senior Citizens.
NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL; ALI GARBER; PITTA BISHOP & DEL GIORNO LLC
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